Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #1

Hi peeps, happy Wednesday!  Can you handle another gray and red Christmas card?  I had originally created this card for yesterday's Retro Rubber challenge, but went in another direction, but I thought I'd share this one as well!  I am going to enter it at the new Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge as well!  What a lovely challenge it is, too!  Here's their prompt: 

While rummaging around in my linen drawer, I found this paper napkin from a couple of years ago..not sure why I saved it, probably just for this reason!  So I set about using it as my inspiration!

After several attempts with different dies and different trees, I finally came up with this one.  Not quite like the napkin, but I am going with it, LOL!

I did some masking on a Basic White panel and then sponged on some Smoky Slate ink, fading it out, then stamped some trees from Winter Woods along the snow line:

The main tree is a diecut from In the Woods dies, and the snowflakes are from various Paper Pumpkin sets.  I used two different dies to create the red ornaments; I decided I liked it better without the ornaments in the background, but I had already glued them on...and they weren't coming off!  I really liked the sentiment from Altenew's Festive Silhouettes; it looks so pretty stamped in Real Red with a little snowflake next to it:

I took my inspiration from both the tree in the upper left corner and the ornaments in the lower right!  So happy you popped in today!

A couple more pictures from Saturday's activities:

Getting directions through the maze:

Almost there:

Made it!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Woods (ret), Festive Silhouettes (Altenew), Paper Pumpkin (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red
Ink	Real Red, Smoky Slate
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, In the Woods Dies, Seasonal Swirls Dies (little dots), Mini Treat Bag Dies (large dots), Blending Brush

PP516 Peaceful Colors

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Joanne is our Paper Players hostess this week with a great color challenge that is sure to get your holiday stamping on a roll!  Here we go:

The FMS sketch was a good one this week, so I thought I'd put it to work:

And here we go:

 

 

Feels Like Frost is a beautiful DSP with photographic images on one side and silver foil designs on the other.  I chose this silver striped paper as a background for a tree from Winter Woods, stamped in Shaded Spruce, and a diecut sentiment (ret) in Real Red.  I added some Real Red scallop trim and enamel dots:

This went together pretty quickly, as it's nice, clean and simple!  And while I had that DSP on my desk, I flipped it over and created another card with the same layout; this time I used a sentiment from Poinsettia Petals, stamped in Misty Moonlight and cut with a Stitched Rectangle die.  For some extra sparkle, I added some blue Glimmer paper as a mat:

Not in the PP colors, but still very pretty!  

I hope you'll play along with our colors this week!  We can't wait to see what you create!  Check out what the designers made at our Paper Players blog!  Thanks for popping by!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

First Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Woods
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Real Red, Feels Like Frost DSP
Ink	Shaded Spruce
Accessories	Enamel Dots (W+9)
Tools	Big Shot, In The Woods Dies, Christmas Greetings Dies (ret)

Second Card Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Poinsettia Petals
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Feels Like Frost DSP, Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper
Ink	Misty Moonlight
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies

ICC058 Christmas Greetings

Every time I say I don't need any more Christmas cards, I find out I DO!  The Inspire Create challenge had a lovely color palette, so I thought I would give it a go:

The colors are Blushing Bride, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive, and I chose the swag from Shine Bright, stamped in Stazon ink for the focus of my card:

I had a piece of Old Olive gingham DSP already diecut with a Stitched Rectangle die, so I used that to kick off my design.  I watercolored the greenery in Old Olive, added Cherry Cobbler berries and believe it or not, when you use full-strength Blushing Bride, you get this color, which I used on my bow!  After coloring and fussy-cutting the bottom portion, I popped it up with dimensionals on top of the gingham panel:

I also used Cherry Cobbler for shadowing as well as the sentiment from Greatest Part of Christmas; I accented the words with a couple of pine boughs from Winter Woods:

 I added some thick Baker's Twine as a final accent.  Thanks for popping in today!

I always try to make Cassidy a little felt ornament for Christmas; Pinterest is full of ideas, I could spend hours looking at them!  I ended up buying a pattern from Etsy to make this rather fierce-looking owl:

The colors were not as nice as the sample, but I just used what I had on hand; he also has cardstock eyes, as I didn't have any black beads...I didn't want to make a trip to Walmart just for two beads!  I did add the twine, holly and berries (SU's Quilt Builder die for the holly and French knots for the berries) on my own:

 I know Mommy likes owls so hopefully Cassidy will too!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Toile Tidings Christmas

Happy Friday, peeps!  It's supposed to feel a little more seasonal this weekend, after our warm Halloween, so I thought I'd share a couple cards I made recently with the beautiful Toile Tidings DSP.  The first one uses the Winter Woods tree and a sentiment from the hostess set, Greatest Part of Christmas:

I covered the DSP with a layer of vellum; it still allows those wonderful woodland creatures to be seen, but it also allows the tree to stand out! I diecut the sentiment with a Stitched Nested Label die and cut off the left side.  After adhering the diecut tree, I sprinkled it with the new Ice Glitter...a lovely effect!

I used the same pattern for my second card, but left the vellum off.  Instead, I used my Stamparatus to stamp this beautiful large sentiment at the bottom in Shaded Spruce, then left the DSP in the same position, cleaned my stamp off and stamped again with Versamark ink.  I then heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder...wow, it really popped!

It looked a little plain, so I stamped some of the pine boughs, diecut them and adhered them to the flourish of the "C" with a linen thread bow...I like the rustic look, although I think I should have stamped them in Garden Green!!  Still pretty though!

  

And on the inside, another sentiment from Greatest Part of Christmas (what an awesome set this is!) along with a few more pine sprigs:

Trick or treat was questionable with the weather, but the rain held off...my only visitors were Lee and Jackie, whom I hardly ever see any more since their mom drives their school bus!  They've grown!!

Ginger and Eden were ready to go in their skeleton suits!

Not too clear a picture, but here is Cassidy...she was ready to go too!

It was so warm, Wayne was in his shirt sleeves....and I saw some places out west had SNOW!!  Not quite ready for that yet!  Thanks for popping in today!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

A Pink Christmas Card

Happy Monday, peeps!  What a lazy day I am having!  I guess the two hours that I couldn't sleep last night caught up with me!  I made one little Christmas card today and the mojo just wasn't there..but I had already invested time in it, so here it goes!  It fulfills three challenges:  Christmas Kickstart (to use a woodland creature); Jingle Belles (to use pink), and CAS Christmas Card challenge (to create a winter scene). 

        

I had just received the Nature's Beauty set with that cute little rabbit, so I did a very simple card, masking the trees from Winter Woods and Rooted in Nature, to create my little scene.  I sponge-brayered my sunset sky in Blushing Bride (another technique I need practice on!), embossed it with Softly Falling, then added a sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas:

Something that I never remember, is that when you run your cardstock through an embossing folder like this, it gets very flimsy, so it is a good idea to use SU's Thick White cardstock....which I didn't do, of course!  It just gives your card some extra body.  NEXT time!  Anyway, the trees as well as my little bun-bun were stamped in Gray Granite and I just watercolored a little pink shadow beneath him:

The sentiment was diecut with a Stitched Rectangle die, and after I sprinkled on some Dazzling Diamonds glitter for "snow", I adhered it with a dimensional:

And here's the inside:

So it was a bit of a trial and error; I might do it again with a separate layer for the snow...we'll see! Thanks for popping in today! 

We had a Harvest Party at church on Saturday evening; the kids weren't there but there was still a lot going on:

Apple cider fresh from the press:

Roasted hot dogs and (burnt) marshmallows:

Pumpkin decorating:

And a sunset hayride:

with a gorgeous sky:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

TSOT421 Cup of Christmas

Hello everyone!  Happy Monday, hope you had a great weekend!  I am still playing with some of my new goodies, and this new set is one I am really excited about!  It's called Cup of Christmas, and it features two different mug stamps that can be used on either side, so you can make the handles face the right or the left!  AND there are matching dies (Cup of Cheer) that come with lots of other sweet little dies as well!  I love this set!  I paired it with this adorable Let It Snow Specialty DSP...oh my goodness, is this stuff amazing!  Glitter, cute designs, you're going to love it too!  SO....here's my card:

I used the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday:

I stamped a mug in Call Me Clover and Real Red, then diecut them and placed them atop a Stitched Rectangle panel.  I added some Pool Party holly and a little red diecut bow, then stamped the sentiment in Pool Party and diecut it with a Stitched Rectangle die as well"

For the horizontal panels, I stamped the little pine bough from Winter Woods in Pool Party and layered it on a white mat:

It's a tad bit busy, but I just love these papers....the colors are so fun for holidays and winter stamping!  Thanks for popping in today!

I stand corrected; Cassidy had a MARIO Brothers party, not Minecraft.  So sorry!  Here's her cake:

Her party was at her karate studio; Master Fisher has games and activities for them to do, and they seemed to like it!  The highlight of the day was that Cassidy broke her first board!  I wish I had been there to see it! 

Enjoy your day and be blessed!